wade_kelly77•1mo agoProlific Poster

Spent $400 on a medical alert system for my dad and it was worth every penny

Honestly, I was on the fence about the cost, but after he fell in the kitchen last month and used the button, I changed my mind. The call center got an ambulance there in under 10 minutes. It gave him the confidence to stay in his own house a bit longer, which was the whole point. Has anyone else found a good system that isn't a huge monthly fee?

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4 Comments

kai_chen21mo ago

Those old base units were a pain, like matthewmiller said, but the new ones are way easier.

matthewmiller1mo ago

Remember my aunt had one of those old systems with the giant base unit. Thing looked like a brick from the 80s and the battery died if you looked at it wrong. She never used it because it was such a hassle. The new ones are so much better, just a simple button you can wear.

hannah_west391mo ago

Her battery died just from looking at it?

barbara_jenkins6628d ago

Wait, was it one of those Beige Brick base units from the 90s? My buddy had one that came with a shoulder strap, like you were supposed to lug it around like a purse. Thing weighed more than a cast iron skillet and the battery would die if the coffee table looked at it wrong. Only upside was you could probably use it to hammer a nail if you needed to.